Dystopian Action

Nach dem verheerenden Kampf um Babel wurde Lemon Fresh von ihren Gefährten getrennt und schlägt sich nun alleine durch die Einöde der Glaswüste. Doch mörderische Verfolger wollen sie wegen ihrer unterdrückten Fähigkeiten einfangen und für ihre Zwecke missbrauchen. Schutz findet Lemon bei einer Gruppe Außenseiter mit ebenso ungewöhnlichen Begabungen wie den ihren – und einem Anführer, der nicht nur die Geheimnisse von Lemons Vergangenheit aufdecken könnte.

Their distance provided a margin of safety, but only if they used hand weapons with a standard projectile. In the brief glimpse of them, there were no apparent weapons. He considered retreating - however, it was a choice against the nature of his people’s militaristic psychological makeup. Besides, they were walking for days since arriving in their new world, and at the forest’s edge was the first sighting of a species other than birds, animals, or critters that slither. Evidence of a civilized society did not exist - but they were not alone.

Kane and Tabitha return to New Chicago and find fire and death. The Special Forces have put Hidden Valley under Martial Law. Anyone can now be accused of being a Magician…and killed on the spot. The revolution is dead. As the body count in the city ramps up, a new figure emerges from the shadows and begins a one-man siege on Hidden Valley with weapons never seen before. Kane and Tabitha stay on the run, but Gentry and the Gunman are always a step away. Will a new revolution form and stand against the Oligarchy and their private army?

Was this how the apocalypse ended for Alex? He never should have been in this mess, but Trey crossed the wrong man. Now Mr. Jackson, the leader of the thugs sent to get blood from a stone, had plans to drag him into the forest and put a bullet in his head. They couldn’t be reasoned with, so when there’s nothing to lose, one might as well go for a long shot. He attacked and caught Mr. Jackson’s men by surprise. If he was going to die, it would be this way, and not on his knees. Exhausted, bloodied, and very much alive, he bolted. Into the dense forest with one goal on his mind.

Eos and Zane agreed that, after finding the Skeleton Key, they would seek out the rumored city of free exiles: Fortitude. When the two venture through the New Territory and beyond its borders, they encounter more terrifying elements of the exile town system than they ever thought possible. Seeking out the city with the purple light, Eos and Zane recruit escaped exiles, who join them as they encounter dangerous exiles, familiar faces, and careless party-goers.

In Scorpion, the sequel to Jeff Sweat's YA futuristic thriller Mayfly, Jemma, Lady, and Pico all left the Holy Wood to seek answers to the End, and when they find the Old Guys - the only adults to have survived the original wipeout of everyone over the age of 17 - they think they've found help at last. But there's a lot the Old Guys aren't telling them. In fact, some of them don't seem interested in solving the End at all and just want Jemma and her friends to leave. Meanwhile, war is brewing among the tribes of the rest of the Children.

Was unterscheidet Mensch und Maschine? Die 17-jährige Eve kann sich gerade so mit Roboterkämpfen über Wasser halten - bis sie vernichtend geschlagen wird und auch das letzte Geld verliert. Auf der Suche nach einem Ausweg findet sie Ezekiel, ein Lifelike-Androide, die wegen ihrer Ähnlichkeit zu Menschen und überlegenen Kampfkunst verboten sind. Unerklärlicherweise vertraut sie ihm, obwohl seine Behauptungen ihr gesamtes Leben infrage stellen. Eve bricht in die Wüste aus schwarzem Glas auf, um die Wahrheit über ihre Vergangenheit und sich selbst herauszufinden.

Draußen wartet die Weite - und sie kann tödlich sein... Ajit weiß, dass er die Stadt Hope niemals verlassen wird. Denn sie ist umgeben vom GLISS, einem Boden, auf dem nichts haftet und nichts gebaut werden kann. Hinter dem GLISS gibt es keinen Ort, keine Menschenseele. Zumindest dachte der 17-Jährige das. Doch als eines Tages ein toter Mann über das GLISS getrieben wird, ist Ajit und seinen Freunden Phil und Majala klar: Die Geschichte ihrer Welt ist eine Lüge und die, die Ajit für seine Familie hielt, tun alles, um diese Lüge zu verteidigen.

"I am strong. I am a warrior. I am a survivor. I am not done fighting”. Trust with the Libertas Army has been lost, and Adaline must find a way to fix what Zavy has destroyed. Back on Dather, on the enemy’s land, Adaline and Alexander struggle to reunite their army and fight off the looming threat of war. But they are out of time. The war is here and the broken army must come together if there is any chance of a victory against King Renon and his commander, Paylon. However, being back on Dather bears more than the threat of war. Old memories - and enemies - resurface.

My son eats people. He doesn’t translate languages or shut off trash chutes. He doesn’t transform into a truck or a fighter jet. He doesn’t morph into liquid and seep through sewer grates. He eats people - my son eats people. Well, yeah, that's what he was designed to do. You see, my son is a robot. And me? I'm a sworn pacifist, raising him as best I can. So when a stranger came knocking one day, well, some stuff happened...

Live together; die together. As the Earth continues to slip into the next Ice Age, Erika and her family find themselves in a desperate struggle for survival. TJ Swenson has built an empire that is digging in deep. Spreading out his authority, Swenson firmly establishes his control over the South and sets his sights on the West. Consumed with their family drama, the Moore family engages in risky maneuvers to find answers.

The world is split in two...and either side could be fatal for her. In a society of extreme haves and have nots, Tenly Hawkins is firmly the latter. Born into the Cobalts, the lowest rung of society, she's done everything possible to escape her fate. She's obeyed all the rules...earned her way out of squalor. So, when she finally manages to secure a position in the Premier Workforce, she's sure all her hard work is about to pay off. But as it turns out, life among the elite Scarlets isn't as rosy as it appears from the outside.

More than 20 years have elapsed since the EMP and the country is still staggering. Americans that survived the trinity of the great die-off, the Second Civil War, and the regional Clan Wars are now suffering under the despotic whims of a usurper. Hundreds of thousands have been hunted down for their "patriotism". Millions more languish nationwide in labor and "re-education" camps. All the while, a new favored ruling class lives a life of hedonistic luxury.

A few decades from now, life is not all too different. People still lead regular lives, have regular jobs, do regular things. But there are many things that are changing, under the surface. The temperature on Earth has begun to soar, reaching highs that have never been experienced before. Poppy and her family are submerged into a terrifying climate disaster of global proportions, far greater than humans have ever had to endure.

The Republic of North America has fallen into chaos, and now the entire world is watching. One side will come out the victor, and the other will be destroyed. With everything to gain and so much more to lose, the Revolutionary of the People must take control of her revolution against the forces of an unstable president and answer the world's question: Who will rule the nation?

You should have killed me when you had the chance. Now, I will be your downfall. For the sake of the people you lied to, I will restore the promises you left for dead. Legacy Westbay, age 17, is about to be executed for treason. Her only crime - giving aid to those persecuted by their power-hungry dictator. She has one last chance to prove her loyalty to Kedna by becoming a soldier for the government that took everything from her. But when her second chance at life sparks a fire in the heart of the nation, could the changing of the tides be just coincidence, or is it fate?

In a time when a pandemic is threatening the entire population, Risa and her family apply for coveted acceptance into a new Safe City - a place designed to keep the virus out and to preserve a select few of the population. But getting accepted into the city may not be worth it - especially when she is sedated for secure transport and wakes up, unable to find her family. Meeting a few new friends and an intriguing soldier named Camsen Luck may help, but none of them can convince her that self-preservation is more important than finding her family; or that trying to escape is suicide.

Año 2112. Los Polos ya no existen y la Tierra ya no es el lugar que fue siglos atrás. La humanidad intenta enfrentarse a las adversidades de este nuevo mundo en el que todo vale con tal de sobrevivir. Escondida entre los Polos se descubre una caverna misteriosa jamás antes explorada que puede suponer la salvación de la humanidad. Desgraciadamente, todos los que han osado adentrarse han hallado la muerte a las pocas horas.

Protect the weak. Safety for all. Power without virtue is tyranny. Nedé has a new Apprentice, and now Reina Pierce must come to grips with what she sacrificed to secure Matriarch Teera’s favor. As secrets unfold and danger mounts, Reina will test the bounds of trust and be forced to answer the question that has haunted her since her first night in the jungle: Which is better - Gentle or Brute? And how far will she go to ensure tyranny is eradicated from Nedé?

Billy’s mum isn’t like other mums. All she wants is to teach him the rules of survival - how to make fire, build shelter and find food. She likes to test Billy on the rules, until one day she goes too far and Billy is sent to live with a dad he barely knows. Then the world changes suddenly and forever, as people begin to be infected with a mysterious virus that turns their skin grey. As chaos breaks out and Billy has to flee the city, he knows that this is what his mum was preparing him for - not just to save his family, but to save the whole world.